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If you are in the US, here is a Food and Drug Administration Food Defect Levels Handbook that gives the standard for contamination. From the handbook: > Choco
by vivegi 4y ago
If you are in the US, here is a Food and Drug Administration Food Defect Levels Handbook that gives the standard for contamination.
From the handbook:
> Chocolate and Chocolate Liquor
> Insect filth
> (AOAC 965.38)
> Average is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams when 6 100-gram subsamples are examined
> OR
> Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments
> Macaroni and Noodle Products
> Insect filth
> (AOAC 969.41)
> Average of 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples
Source: https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredients-additives-gras-packaging-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-defect-levels-handbook https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredients-additives-gras-packagin...